Definition of dial

dial

noun

• a person's face. Old UK slang. Origin: the "face" of a watch.

  I didn't like the look on his dial, so I popped a cap in his ass.

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  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Dean M. from Durban, South Africa on Oct 22 2007.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
piss off	Definitions include: to leave.
Wog	Definitions include: British slang for an Asian or Middle-Eastern person.
faff about	Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
corth	Definitions include: an asshole.
muppet	Definitions include: an idiotic or incompetent person.
gaff	Definitions include: to steal.
butters	Definitions include: very ugly.
CNS-QNS	Definitions include: acronym for "Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
bum chum	Definitions include: a male homosexual's sexual partner.
bird	Definitions include: a female.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
chav	Definitions include: a member of a British subculture characterized by low- or middle-class youths with characteristics such as wearing athletic clothing, Burberry brand clothing, and gold chains, listening to rap music, driving low-end but "souped up" automobiles, and engaging in drunken and other crass behavior.
munter	Definitions include: a very unattractive person.
geezer	Definitions include: in American English: an irascible old male person.
leave off	Definitions include: The same as ditto (British).
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Other terms relating to 'dial':
Babe-dial	Definitions include: When a small child accidentally calls people using their parent's phone. Similar to a butt-dial.
butt-dial	Definitions include: to accidentally call a person on a cellphone that's in one's pocket.
dial back	Definitions include: to reduce in frequency or intensity.
dial down	Definitions include: to reduce.
dialed	Definitions include: extreme approval, great, awesome, fine or meaning to be perfect, precise or better.
dialed-in	Definitions include: To be very proficient at a given activity.
dial the porcelain phone	Definitions include: to vomit.
dial tone	Definitions include: a bore, dullard.
dial-up	Definitions include: to make or get something.
drunk-dial	Definitions include: to make a phone call while drunk.

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